On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 01:19:03AM +0000, Ian Lynagh wrote:
I note with some sadness the more restrictive license that may be placed on the "Haskell 98 Report", as reported by the HC&A. The great openness/freeness of haskell, both the report and implementations, is, IMO, one of its most important features.
I have just grabbed a copy of the latest revised report under the current licence. AIUI I can continue to publish this under the current licence and, assuming I change the name, incorporate any fixes etc (assuming the fixers agree to it). Also, Debian can continue to have a copy in main in the same way.
I've already done this, by the following process: * updated the most recent sources (Jan 2002) to match the most recent HTML release (Sep 2002) * marked it as modified, as required by the licence * put the two reports together * applied the small number of publicly discussed fixes since the HTML release * fixed a small number of typographical glitches I noticed on the way The results are at http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~ross/haskell-report-modified/ Share and enjoy. Please let me know of any typographical errors.